Convergence

by Product Leaders Forum

Mastering the Changing Face of Product Leadership

#PLF2025HYD

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Who Should Attend?

Why should you not miss?

As we had witnessed in the past, this event promises a unique experience that is designed to equip Product Professionals with essential tools and knowledge for excellence in product leadership. Beyond networking, this event is a vital resource for advancing your career and enhancing your impact in the workplace.

Eminent Speakers

100 +

Masterclasses

33 +

Attendees

500 +

Featured SPEAKERS

Product Leaders and Product Professionals sharing actionable perspectives on
careers, products and current challenges.

Abhilash Rao Salvaji,
Director of Product Management

Avneesh Bhatnagar,
Product Management Leader

Bharath B,
Product Lead

Chandra Sekhar Sarmah,
Head of Product Management, HCM

Jishan Gandhi,
Product Manager

Naga Ravi Shankar Mulagaleti,
AVP

Pankaj Diwan,
Founder

Pinkesh Shah,
Founder & CEO

Prithanka Chatterjee,
Director Product Management – Low Code App Development

Ramesh Swaminathan,
Vice President Products

Ramesh Loganathan,
Professor- Co-Innovation and Head Research/Innovation Outreach

Rangarakesh Kanchamreddy,
Vice President of Product Management

Ravi Korukonda,
CoFounder

SaiSatish Vedam,
Chief Product Officer

Sagar Dewale,
Teaching Assistant

Shreeram Iyer,
Founding Partner

Sridhar Seshadri,
CEO & Co-Founder

Suman Bhowmick,
Product Management Director

Srinivas Konidena,
Vice President – APAC Products

Sayonita Ghosh Roy,
Associate Product Manager

Vinay Kanth Nadikuda,
Director of Product Management

Vismay Madav,
Sr. Product Manager

Agenda

08:30 AM - 09:15 AM

Registrations & Networking

08:30 AM - 09:15 AM

09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

Opening and Welcome address

09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Address

Speakers: Chandra Sekhar Sarmah, Head of Product Management, HCM, ADP

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Track 1 | Leadership Panel - Beyond Strategy – What Great Product Leadership Looks Like from the Top

A discussion among CXOs on the key skills, challenges, and trends shaping the future of product leadership.

Speakers: Pinkesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Delightloop | SaiSatish Vedam, Chief Product Officer, Institute of Product Leadership | Shreeram Iyer, Founding Partner, Vera Business Consulting LLP | Srinivas Konidena, Vice President - APAC Products, ADP

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Track 2 | Speed Mentoring

A unique opportunity to engage with accomplished product leaders for focused guidance and to sharpen your product thinking. Perfect for career tips, interview prep, or solving a product challenge.

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Networking over Tea

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Track 1 | Product Panel - Building Impactful Products: Balancing Vision, Execution & Team Dynamics

A deep dive into how product leaders translate strategic vision into executional excellence. The discussion will explore real-world challenges in scaling teams, fostering innovation, and aligning cross-functional efforts with leadership goals — all while staying customer-centric and talent-aware.

Speakers: Rangarakesh Kanchamreddy, Vice President of Product Management, Way.com, India | Sridhar Seshadri, CEO & Co-Founder, Mintmore Inc | Suman Bhowmick, Product Management Director, Pega Systems | Ramesh Swaminathan, Vice President Products, Real page

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Track 1 | The Career Jugalbandi – Navigating Growth in the Evolving Product Landscape.

A faceoff between junior product professionals and Sr. Product Professionals/ Hiring Managers to navigate growth in product management.

An engaging, bottom-up face-off between junior professionals and Sr. Product Professionals/ Hiring Managers on how emerging technologies and shifting team dynamics are reshaping product careers. Junior professionals bring fresh perspectives on learning, upskilling, and breaking into product roles, while Sr. Product Professionals/ Hiring managers share real-world challenges of hiring, mentoring, and scaling teams in a fast-paced, tech-driven environment.

Speakers: Vismay Madav, Sr. Product Manager, Pega Systems | Bharath B, Product Lead, ADP | Abhilash Rao Salvaji, Director of Product Management, Real page | Sayonita Ghosh Roy, Associate Product Manager, Phenom | Sagar Dewale, Teaching Assistant, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30PM - 1:30 PM

Networking over Lunch

12:30PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Track 1 | Workshop: PM 2.0: Becoming an AI-Enabled Product Manager

Get hands-on with tools and frameworks that every forward-thinking PM needs to know. In this session, explore how to leverage AI to enhance decision-making, speed up execution, and elevate your product thinking.

Speaker: Pinkesh Shah, Founder & CEO, Delightloop

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Track 2 | PLF InnovAIte Awards - Preliminary Round

10 nominated companies ( 5 from each category) will pitch their AI-driven innovations to a jury panel. The top 2 finalists in each category will be present to the audience and jury.

Juries: Prithanka Chaterjee, Director Product Management - Low Code App Development, Pega Systems | Ravi Korukonda, Technology Entrepreneur and Cofounder, PurpleTalk | Avneesh Bhatnagar, Product Management Leader, Realpage | Vinay Kanth Nadikuda, Director of Product Management, ADP

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Networking over Tea

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM

PLF InnovAIte Awards

Few nominated tech-driven companies, shortlisted by ouresteemed jury, will take the stage to showcase how they havesuccessfully leveraged technology to scale..

Juries: Naga Ravi Shankar Mulagaleti, AVP, Providence | Pankaj Diwan, Founder, Idealans FutureTech Ventures | Ramesh Loganathan, Professor- Co-Innovation and Head Research/Innovation Outreach, IIIT Hyderabad | Srinivas Konidena, Vice President – APAC Products - ADP

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Closing Keynote & Wrap up

Open Q&A | Final takeaways & thank you note

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

AI Startup Pitch

The AI Startup Pitch session aims to promote entrepreneurship among developers, engineers, professionals, and students across India and encourage them to pursue building a promising startup. We are inviting esteemed judges to be on the startup jury to review the pitches and provide valuable feedback. Of the many benefits for startups participating, selected entrepreneurs will go head-to-head to win a few awards in various areas, including business planning, fundraising, legal, accounting, and financial, marketing and channel introductions, and technologies.

Key highlights

Network with potential investors, customers, partners, and other AI entrepreneurs.

Visibility to a large and diverse audience.

Feedback from experienced investors, mentors, and other industry experts.

Learn from other AI entrepreneurs.

Note that idea-stage startups are not eligible to present; The idea should have a fully functional MVP to showcase during the AI Startup Pitch session.

This is an invitation-only event. If you are interested in pitching please fill in the form here.

How is this different than other conferences?

Several ways its unique –

1. Focused on Intrapreneurs & Corporate Innovation

2. No gyan, just organic best practices from senior practitioners

3. Interlocking with senior Product Industry peers and Execs

I am in IT Services, will this be of relevance to me?

Platform Creation, Non linear growth, Productized Services, IP Driven Solution If you deal with anyone of these terms in your workplace, this conference is highly relevant to you!

I am an engineer, how will this benefit me?

Whether you are an Engineer, Project Manager, Design dude or Ops guy – if you are involved in a helping build a product, you are a Product Leader 1. Applied understanding of Design Thinking, Lean, Data Science, Product Management 2. Relevant Skill Building Master Class Sessions (pre conference)